#77 Nasser Al-Kharafi & family

Deceased

#77 Nasser Al-Kharafi & family

Deceased

2011 Billionaires NET WORTH

$10.4B

as of 3/1/11

Chairman of MAK Group, a pillar of the Kuwaiti economy, with interests in banking, manufacturing, construction, and food. Has real estate development projects in Albania and Bulgaria, as well as Africa. Plans to sell stake in telecom company Zain on hold. British press reported this past fall on Al-Kharafi's plans to build a $150 million neoclassical mansion in Hampstead Heath, to dismay of local residents. Spokesman says: "There are no plans for it to take place." Al-Kharafi's brother is speaker of the National Assembly. Enjoys gardening in spare time.